Cal
Callahan Hayes had always meant to come home to Twelve Mile Ranch. Granted, he would have preferred for it to be because he patched things up with his parents and finally he and his father could ranch together again like they did when he was a kid. He certainly wouldn’t have chosen for it to be the byproduct of falling out with his label and finding his struggles with addiction making the front cover of TMZ. Still, he could hardly complain - a roof over his head, space to figure out his next move, and his dad’s new right-hand man: Beckett Nash.
Nash
Being a gay bull rider was never in the cards so Nash spent years sacrificing meaningful connection for championship buckles and one of the best rodeo careers of his generation. Seven years since he’d been on the back of a bull Nash still struggled with connection, so he’d be stupid to walk away from the one place that had given him that. Working for Ryan Hayes had been Nash’s best years since rodeoing. The only thing that could really mess that up now would be sleeping with his boss’s son.
Dive into this love story between two men who are finding pieces of themselves while they build a mosaic of their relationship. It includes age-gap, dad’s best friend, boss’s son, and hurt/comfort tropes; an improper use of a green house; and spice that is only better because it’s been well earned.
